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About the Company: Celltrion USA is Celltrion's U.S. subsidiary established in 2018. Headquartered in New Jersey, Celltrion USA is committed to expanding access to biologics to improve care for U.S. patients. Celltrion USA will continue to leverage Celltrion's unique heritage in biotechnology, supply chain excellence, and best-in-class sales capabilities to improve access to high-quality biopharmaceuticals for U.S. patients. Celltrion Healthcare, which suggested a new growth model in the Korean biopharmaceutical industry through biosimilars, is now advancing to new challenges to become a global pharmaceutical provider. Just as it has overcome many obstacles in the past, Celltrion Healthcare will successfully pave the path for global direct selling, which has never been achieved yet by Korean biopharmaceutical companies. As it continues to surpass its current success, Celltrion Healthcare will take a leap forward to become a leading global biopharmaceutical company. Celltrion Healthcare provides biosimilar and innovative biopharmaceutical medications to help increase patient access to advanced therapies around the world. POSITION SUMMARY The VP, Enterprise Strategy & Alignment serves as the Chief of Staff, trusted thought partner, and strategic integrator to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). This newly created senior leadership role ensures enterprise-wide clarity, alignment, and disciplined execution across all functions, while enabling a clear and consistent flow of information across geographically dispersed leadership teams. The role drives structured planning, communication, and governance to strengthen operational rigor, reduce friction, and increase organizational focus. This leader will build trust, cohesion, and shared understanding across teams with diverse operating styles, organizational rhythms, and cultural contexts. They will maintain a proactive communication cadence between executive leadership and the broader enterprise to ensure that priorities are well-interpreted and effectively executed. This role is designed for a dynamic, proactive, highly driven leader who thrives on bringing clarity and results to the unstructured. Along with organizational integration, this role will take ownership of urgent, high-leverage projects that cut across functions. The ideal candidate is a problem-solver who is forward-looking, super organized, and highly strategic. Reporting directly to the CEO, the VP is required to work from the Jersey City, NJ office at least three days per week. The role works closely with the Commercial Organization Chief of Staff, the Medical Chief of Staff, and all functional heads, serving as a central liaison, escalation point, and driver of cross-functional enterprise alignment and operating rhythm. As a new member of the executive team, part of the early remit will be structuring and launching a new Strategic Initiatives Office (SIO) to include efficient project management functionality. KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Develop the strategic planning approach, cadence, and tools/templates, incorporating the biosimilar and branded portfolio, new launches, lifecycle management, and annual budget/resourcing planning. Lead the enterprise strategic planning process, ensuring timely and effective participation across all functions and translating the CEO's vision into a clear, actionable enterprise roadmap. Maintain and evolve a governance framework and operating rhythm for the executive leadership team, including reviews, decision-gates, and prioritization forums. Facilitate enterprise reviews, progress tracking, and strategic recalibration across functions - developing any tools/templates needed to ensure easy visibility. Develop and manage the enterprise-level Strategic Initiatives Office / PMO, including initiative intake, progress tracking, resource allocation, timeline management, issue escalation, and risk mitigation. Ensure cross-functional coordination by aligning Chiefs of Staff and functional leaders to implement enterprise priorities cohesively. Provide prioritization support to the CEO and leadership team by surfacing and forecasting dependencies, resource constraints, and risks. Oversee change management for major enterprise-wide initiatives, such as organizational restructuring, process standardization, and integration of new functions. Own and drive execution of high-profile, priority projects and analyses that cut across the organization. Serve as the primary “voice” of the CEO by translating and clearly communicating priorities, strategic intent, and expectations to the broader organization; represent the CEO in meetings and develop key communications as requested. Ensure timely, consistent, and transparent enterprise-wide communication and messaging, proactively anticipating and surfacing potential challenges. Manage the CEO's operating rhythm, including agenda development for executive meetings, follow-up on decisions, and ensuring execution and accountability. Act as a trusted thought partner to the CEO on enterprise issues by proactively flagging critical risks, offering alternative scenarios, and proposing prioritization. WORK EXPERIENCE At least 10-15 years of senior leadership experience in enterprise strategy, strategic operations, transformation, or equivalent roles within the biopharmaceutical / life sciences industry or a closely related regulated sector (e.g., healthcare, biotech, medical devices). Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional, multi-stakeholder initiatives (e.g., enterprise strategic planning, organizational transformation, integration, global/regional alignment). Demonstrated experience managing a Project Management Office (PMO) or Strategic Initiatives; strong portfolio management, prioritization, and execution capability. Strong change-management capability and experience operating in environments with cultural, organizational, or geographic complexity (e.g., global organizations, multiple offices, cross-country coordination). QUALIFICATIONS Executive presence and the ability to influence senior leaders across functions and geographies. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to distill complex issues into strategic narratives, present to senior leadership, and communicate across all levels of the organization. Strong judgment, problem-solving skills, and comfort making decisions or tradeoffs under ambiguity. Exceptional project and program management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, and stakeholders in parallel. High emotional intelligence, maturity, discretion, and integrity, comfort with ambiguity and driving change in a fast-paced environment. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially PowerPoint and Excel); familiarity with project management tools and business intelligence dashboards is a plus. Ability to work out of the Jersey City, NJ, US HQ at least 3 days a week Willingness to travel (estimated ~10-15%) as required EDUCATION Bachelor's degree required (Business, Life Sciences, Marketing or related field). MBA, MHA, or other advanced degree strongly preferred (especially with focus on business, strategy, management consulting, or life sciences / healthcare administration). CORE COMPETENCIES Strategic Thinking and Big-Picture Orientation - ability to translate broad business vision into concrete, actionable plans, anticipate future needs and risks, and maintain long-term perspective while balancing short-term execution. Cross-Functional Influence and Collaboration - adept at working across functions and with multiple Chiefs of Staff and able to build consensus and ensure alignment. Operational Discipline and Execution Excellence - rigorous about follow-through, deadlines, resource allocation, dependencies, accountability, strong project and portfolio management skills, and ability to own and drive high-profile enterprise projects Communication and Cultural Fluency - clear, transparent communicator, able to “translate” strategy, sensitive to cultural differences and adept at building trust across global teams. Change Leadership and Organizational Agility - comfortable driving change, instituting new processes and structures, and able to support organizational transformation and help teams adapt. Problem Solving and Risk Management - capacity to identify bottlenecks, foresee risks, escalate issues, and provide thoughtful mitigation strategies. Executive Presence and Judgment - trusted advisor to CEO and senior leadership who is able to elevate critical issues and present trade-offs and recommendations. Integrity, Discretion, and Trustworthiness - handles sensitive information, communication, and escalation with high confidentiality and professionalism. Celltrion USA is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status. #LI-MDRD